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Lighthouse Learners Helps Local Students Shine

Seven local students have a much brighter future thanks to a program that will help them pay for college. Lighthouse Learners was founded by Michigan Tech Alumni Barb and Paul Horton. A graduate of Calumet High School, Barb doesn’t like to see good kids struggle to pay for college. The …

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Career FEST at Michigan Tech

For several years, the twice-yearly Career Fairs at Michigan Technological University have provided a setting for hundreds of companies, leaders in their respective fields, to find the recruits they’re looking for. The Fall and Spring Fairs bring recruiters to the Houghton campus offering undergraduate and graduate students jobs, co-ops, internships …

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Michigan Soft On High Risk Drivers, Report Says

Michigan ranks poorly among the strictest states in the treatment of high risk drivers. Wallethub.com ranks Michigan 47th in the country, making it the fifth most lenient state. The ranking is based comparisons of insurance premiums for high-risk drivers, DUI laws and penalties for driving violations. Arizona was the strictest. …

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Finlandia sees 25 percent increase in incoming class

For the second straight year Finlandia University is welcoming in a bigger incoming group of students than the year before. This year the jump is 25 percent. At 287 students, it’s the second largest incoming group in school history. “Our campus is buzzing with activity right now,” Vice President for …

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Detroit Man Shot Over Potato Chips

Police in Detroit say a 59 year old man was shot because he wouldn’t give up his potato chips. Reports say the man was walking on the city’s north side when a younger man snatched his potato chips. When he grabbed them back, he was shot in the groin. The …

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More College Kids Smoking pot Over Cigarettes

More college kids are smoking pot on a near daily basis than they’re smoking cigarettes. That’s one of the main findings of a University of Michigan survey of college students. Lloyd Johnston is heading up the study and says nearly 6 percent of the students surveyed say they smoked pot …

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Special House Committee Chair Responds to Investigation Criticism

The chair of a special House committee is responding to criticism centered on who should head up an investigation into misuse of taxpayer resources by two state lawmakers. Democrats think Attorney General Bill Schuette should run point but State Representative Ed McBroom says it’s only right for the House to …

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Net Metering Hearings Winding Down

A Michigan Senate committee is close to winding down testimony on a proposal to change Michigan’s net metering law, which provides incentives to those with solar energy panels who also sell energy back to utilities. The proposal lowers the amount the solar providers get in exchange for the energy. The …

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